Hillsborough County Resource Recovery
Other power plant · Hillsborough County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
47 MW
Rank in Florida
#253
of 346 plants
In service since
1987
April 1987
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Hillsborough County
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among other plants in Florida
- #22 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 50858
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 29 MW | 26 MW | 1987 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Municipal Solid Waste | 18 MW | 16 MW | 2009 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Clewiston Sugar House | Other | 49 MW |
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 47 MW solar plant and a 47 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Florida power plants · What Florida actually generates